Inj dx for sinogram at Northwestern Memorial Hospital
251 E. Huron, Chicago, IL · Nm · · NPI 1497859649
$975.10
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$1,393.00
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$187.37 with CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] vs $1,044.00 with BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA ALTERNATIVE | $187.37 | ↓ -81% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA NM EMPLOYEES | $194.39 | ↓ -80% |
| CURAECHOICE [6100] | NMHC CURAECHOICE | $202.18 | ↓ -79% |
| IMAGINE HEALTH [6032] | NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH | $233.28 | ↓ -76% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMHC IMAGINE HEALTH | $233.28 | ↓ -76% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA BP | $300.60 | ↓ -69% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA | $320.64 | ↓ -67% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA ASA | $353.71 | ↓ -64% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH ADVOCATE IPA | $400.80 | ↓ -59% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH CHS IPA | $400.80 | ↓ -59% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMHC SCPP IPA | $450.90 | ↓ -54% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA BROAD | $464.93 | ↓ -52% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC SCPP IPA | $469.80 | ↓ -52% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC CHWN IPA | $469.80 | ↓ -52% |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMHC UIC IPA | $501.00 | ↓ -49% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMH SEIU HEALTHLINK | $501.00 | ↓ -49% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC UIC IPA | $522.00 | ↓ -46% |
| GLOBAL MEDICAL MANAGEMENT INC [6090] | NMHC GMMI | $605.52 | ↓ -38% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN PLATINUM/CHC ELITE | $651.30 | ↓ -33% |
| MEDPARTNERS [6038] | NMHC MEDPARTNERS | $730.80 | ↓ -25% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMH PHCS PPO | $801.60 | ↓ -18% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (EVERNORTH) | $801.60 | ↓ -18% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN/20 EPO | $821.64 | ↓ -16% |
| HEALTH'S FINEST NETWORK [126] | NMH HFN/10 PPO | $851.70 | ↓ -13% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $1,002.00 | ↑ +3% |
| HEALTHLINK [125] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $1,002.00 | ↑ +3% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $1,002.00 | ↑ +3% |
| MULTIPLAN/PHCS [142] | NMH NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $1,002.00 | ↑ +3% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMH UHC NON-CONTRACTED OON - ED ONLY | $1,002.00 | ↑ +3% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $1,002.00 | ↑ +3% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE [158] | NMHC UHC REF LAB JOHN DEERE | $1,002.00 | ↑ +3% |
| GALAXY HEALTH NETWORK [220] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $1,002.00 | ↑ +3% |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $1,002.00 | ↑ +3% |
| FIRST HEALTH PLAN [6034] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $1,044.00 | ↑ +7% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD [1401] | NMHC NON-CONTRACTED PAYORS | $1,044.00 | ↑ +7% |
| CIGNA HEALTH PLAN [178] | NMH CIGNA LIFESOURCE TRANSPLANT | not published by hospital | — |
| HUMANA HEALTH PLAN [130] | NMH IL HEALTH PARTNERS IPA | not published by hospital | — |
| AETNA HEALTH PLAN [171] | NMH AETNA TRANSPLANT | not published by hospital | — |
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Inj dx for sinogram at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Chicago | $380.00 | $299.44 – $6,291.00 |
| Advocate Trinity Hospital | Chicago | $135.00 | $106.38 – $6,291.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | $409.20 | $218.24 – $2,143.62 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | $409.20 | $104.00 – $320.54 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | $265.00 | $208.82 – $6,291.00 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | $222.50 | $175.33 – $4,528.00 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | $410.00 | $323.08 – $6,291.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $393.03 | $32.85 – $242.94 |